How the West was drawn : American art and the settling of the frontier /
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| Language: | English |
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Ann Arbor, Mich. :
UMI Research Press,
©1982.
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| Series: | Studies in the fine arts. Iconography ;
no. 6. |
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Table of Contents:
- Preface
- 1. A hero for all seasons : Daniel Boone in the visual arts. Portraiture ; Narrative images
- 2. Civilization's advance men : images of fur trappers and traders. The exotic American : trapper images of Alfred Jacob Miller ; The trapper as national hero : images by Charles Deas ; The democratic image : William Ranney's fur trappers ; The popularization of the trapper image : A. F. Tait
- 3. The new "chosen people" : American pioneers and homesteaders. The ideological backgrounds ; The pioneer family ; Wagon trains in the western landscape ; Pioneers confronting danger ; Homesteading on the frontier ; Westward ho!
- 4. The wonders of the west : images of western wild animals. The grizzly bear ; The wild mustang ; The American buffalo
- Conclusion.